Experimental study demonstrates single-mode optical fiber generation of vortex beams using 3D-printed spiral phase plates, highlighting compact delivery of orbital-angular momentum light.
We demonstrate orbital-angular momentum (OAM) light up to a topological charge of l=3 behind a single mode fiber. Femtosecond 3D direct laser writing is used to fabricate spiral phase plates of l=1,2 and 3, composed of 10 discrete steps, on the tip of single mode optical fibers. These structures efficiently convert out-coupled light from the fiber at 785 nm wavelength into optical vortex beams carrying an orbital-angular momentum of lℏper photon. Far field intensity patterns and interferograms of the OAM beams are recorded using a CCD camera. The results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations obtained from the wave propagation method.
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